Trans star, advocate and actress Laverne Cox has said she is so
thankful she survived her suicide attempt in the sixth grade.
The Orange Is The New Black actress opened up about when she was
being heavily bullied at school.
She speaking on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos to
discuss the state of trans rights in America, and the impact discrimination had
on her childhood.
‘I was bullied and I internalized a lot of shame about who I was as
a child,’ Cox said.
‘Bullied because I didn’t act the way someone assigned male at
birth was supposed to act.
‘And so I was called sissy, I was called the f-word. I was chased
home from school practically every day. There was always a kid or groups of
kids who wanted to beat me up.’
When discussing her role on the hit Netflix series Orange Is The
New Black, Cox said many trans people see themselves reflected in her character
Sophia.
‘Having your story told validates your experience,’ she said. ‘It’s
like, “I’m not alone anymore, and maybe I’ll be OK”.’
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